The U.S. Air Force and California Energy Commission celebrated deployment of a long-awaited fleet of 42 mostly V2G-capable vehicles at the Los Angeles Air Force Base on Friday. By letting charged EVs give electricity back to the grid when needed, vehicle-to-grid technology allows the fleet “to provide more than 700 kilowatts of power to the grid, sufficient power for more than 140 American homes,” the Air Force says, talking up V2G as a way to both save money and enhance security. updated November 18Read More >>

San Francisco-based Pacific Gas & Electric has taken delivery of new hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles that promise to significantly reduce fleet fuel usage. The new trucks include the utility’s first Class 8 hybrid, its first Ford F-550 PHEV by Electric Vehicles International with UQM driveline, and the first production range-extended electric pickup from Via Motors.Read More >>

Via Motors is emphasizing vans instead of pickups for its mostly electric vehicles – because a change in GM’s pickup chassis has forced a major design update for the pickup product Via had intended to bring to market first.Read More >>

Wisconsin’s Odyne Systems is participating in a $45.4 million U.S. DoE ARRA-backed initiative with the Electric Power Research Institute and Southern California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District. updated June 19Read More >>

Via Motors and launch partner Pacific Gas and Electric are showing “the utility industry’s first extended-range electric sport utility vehicles and cargo vans” at the North America International Auto Show in Detroit. Both offer PG&E the potential to provide mobile, on-site power to help manage electric outages and minimize disruptions for customers, states a joint release.Read More >>

Via Motors said Thursday that chief spokesman Bob Lutz, “father of the Chevy Volt and automotive industry icon,” plans to unveil three new full-size, range-extended electric vehicles at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on January 14.Read More >>

Via Motors is to announce Tuesday that it has established an assembly center for its plug-in hybrid electric trucks and vans with Concorde Manufacturing in Auburn Hills, Mich. Production is to get underway in earnest in the first quarter of 2013.Read More >>

Declaring a new era in transportation electrification and a “game-changing” vehicle that will save money while protecting the environment and curbing oil imports, Pacific Gas & Electric welcomed the first “beta” full-size range-extended battery electric trucks from Utah’s Via Motors (F&F Strategies, January 16) in San Francisco on March 22.Read More >>